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The few pictures at the end with the crushed chili peppers in the pan and the semi-sweet baking chocolate, is turning out to be my almost nightly desert. I play around with different concoctions of chili, paprika, cayenne, cinnamon, all tossed in with the chocolate, which I heat in that little pan (double boiler style) by letting it slowly heat up by resting on the surface of hot water. I recently saw the movie ‘Chocolat’ again, which I’m sure is what instigated me to experiment with creating my own chili, spices and chocolate combinations. It tastes great and is good for you (dark chocolate is better – and adding spices is best !-)

After searing the pork strip, I turned down the temperature and decided to leave the meat in the pan to sauté on low heat with some chopped onion in olive oil, to which I add the spices: salt, pepper, paprika, cayenne, chili, cumin and red chili pepper flakes. Sorry, I don’t really measure the quantity, I just sort of go by feel.

I add some fresh chopped mushrooms soon after with the onion and wait for about 20 minutes or more to let this cook on the lowest temperature. Then I’ll add all of the other chopped vegetables together with the garlic (garlic burns so I usually add it together with the green cabbage, which produces moisture while it sautés).

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I would usually always use dry beans which I bring to a boil in water and then simmer in another pot, but I had a can of kidney beans which I used.

After the spices and veggies have sautéed for a bit, I’ll add the canned tomatoes and tomato paste.

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I’ll add some corn kernels at the end as well, just for flavor.

I’m sure this is going to be a pretty hot and sweet chili! Enjoy! In fact, yes, it is, now that I’ve tasted it. It’s definitively hot & sweet!

Hot & Sweet Chile ~ Molasses as sweetener ingredients ~

• chopped onion and garlic

• chili powder
• cayenne
• red dried chili flakes

• cumin
• ground some coriander
• paprika
• salt and pepper

• celery
• carrots
• turnip
• parsnip

I’ve then added:

a can of diced tomatoes
tomato whole peeled
some tomato paste
molasses (lots of bottles of molasses to use up in the kitchen as a sweetener)

This blog is going to go light on text, focusing on pictures to compliment the podcast. click this bowl of delight for the 1st podcast on breaking the fast and Curried Rice

delicious medicinal food podcast by Carol Keiter Take 1

First tips on breaking the fast – do it with delicious fresh fruit and grains…

I prefer to start my day and each meal, with a full glass of water at room temperature. I wait until I’ve completed most of my breakfast to start in on the cappuccino!

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Though this first one is a bit long-winded since it’s my first, I’ll keep honing it in and compact it down to about 3 and a half minutes, max. I’ll do my best.

I will say that regarding the meal this blog is about, Indian Curried Rice, here’s a little something about the history of India; a history that dates back to 4,000 years before Christ, should have something to teach about diet and health !-))

Here are pictures of the preparation, chopping and cooking.

This pic is my container for organic (non-meat products) that will be tossed in the compost pile.

This last container is for organic waste (non-meat) that will be tossed into the compost pile.

I hope you enjoyed this first podcast & pics post. I promise I’ll cut the time in half for the subsequent posts. :-0